David Obey: “I cannot believe one thing that I just heard. The distinguished gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) I believe said that if…”

“I cannot believe one thing that I just heard. The distinguished gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) I believe said that if this were to be included in the conference report, the White House would veto the bill. I really want to see whether this President has the unmitigated gall to veto this bill because of protections that we place in the bill so that workers do not have to work more than 40 hours a week and still not be paid overtime. I want to see whether the President who has presided over the loss of 3 million jobs in this economy has the unmitigated gall to then say to those workers, 'Sorry, folks, you've got to work more than 40 hours without collecting overtime.' Now, I believe, given his track record, he would like to do that, but very frankly, I doubt that he has got the moxie to do that in the teeth of the miserable economic performance that he has provided this country on the economic front. It is outrageous to even think that the President would veto this bill over this provision.”